It is common when writing academic papers to integrate other researchers' ideas into your writing. Paraphrasing helps you do this effectively. It is important to paraphrase correctly and to credit

other authors for their ideas to avoid plagiarism. Remember the three criteria of an effective paraphrase: Does the paraphrase: 1. Have the same meaning? 2. Change the grammar, vocabulary, and word order? 3. Cite the source? Paraphrasing Paragraphs Try paraphrasing the following paragraphs. crowded beach area 1. Original: "Like other marine animals living near heavily populated coasts, horse conchs have lost considerable habitat to development and pollution, including favorite breeding grounds along mud flats and sea grass beds. Their Gulf habitat is also warming due to climate change, which scientists think further pressures the animals, based on the negative effects extra heat has on other big mollusks. (Barnett, 2022) living next to The same as crowded beach Examples from http:/ other marine animals areas 2. Original: Book Love and Toil, by Ellen Ross "Love and Toil maintains that family survival was the mother's main charge among the large majority of London's population who were poor or working class; the emotional and intellectual nurture of her child or children and even their actual comfort were forced into the background. To mother was to work for and organize household subsistence." (pg. 9)